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| a machine tool for rotating a cutter (milling cutter) to produce plane or formed surfaces on a work piece, usually by moving the work past the cutter. Expand. Also called miller. Origin of milling machine. |
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| A clamp is a fastening device used to hold or secure objects tightly together to prevent movement or separation through the application of inward pressure. |
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| Pocket milling has been regarded as one of the most widely used operations in machining. It is extensively used in aerospace and shipyard industries. In pocket milling the material inside an arbitrarily closed boundary on a flat surface of a work piece is removed to a fixed depth. |
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Facing (Machining)
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| In machining, facing is the act of cutting a face, which is a planar surface, onto the work piece. |
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| An end mill is a type of milling cutter, a cutting tool used in industrial milling applications. It is distinguished from the drill bit in its application, geometry, and manufacture. While a drill bit can only cut in the axial direction, a milling bit can generally cut in all directions, though some cannot cut axially. |
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CNC Milling: Introduction to cutting tools. ... Cutting teeth are located on both the end face of the cutter and the periphery of the cutter body. A ball nose end mill, also known as a spherical end mill or ball end mill, has a semisphere at the tool end. Ball nose end mills are used on workpieces with complex surfaces.
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Collett Milling Machine
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| A collet is a subtype of chuck that forms a collar around an object to be held and exerts a strong clamping force on the object when it is tightened, usually by means of a tapered outer collar. It may be used to hold a workpiece or a tool. ... An internal collet can be used to lock two telescoping tubes together. |
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